The harmonization trends suggest that a consolidated database is preferable to a federated collection, at least in this case, when seeking to evaluate global bioactivity trends.
For this study, we created one database for each year between 2001 and 2006, as well as a consolidated database encompassing data from all 6 years.
We created one database for each year between 2001 and 2006, as well as a consolidated database encompassing authors and abstracts from all 6 years.
We see ppiTrim as answering a temporary need for a consolidated database and hope that most of the issues that required processing will be eventually fixed in upstream databases and distributed through IMEx consortium.
In this study, a consolidated database was created on tests conducted with wheeled vehicles operating in loose dry sand to evaluate existing soil mobility algorithms.
"In my humble opinion, a consolidated database with standardized input consisting of mechanism of injury and resulting wounds, classified by battle and nonbattle injuries, would be something you could actually use".
Such an effort would require that a government agency -- the Transportation Security Administration and the Customs Service are the leading candidates -- have a consolidated database.
A consolidated database may also break down walls between city agencies by making it easier for, say, the Department of Transportation engineers to figure out where sewer mains are before they start building roads.
For improving project effectiveness, a consolidated database of 'invisible' children is needed.
This argues for a harmonized and consolidated resource (e.g., a consolidated database, standardized gene names) that can provide added value to the global scientific community, similar to the world-wide Protein Data Bank for three-dimensional structures [ 134].
QResearch is a large consolidated database derived from the anonymised health records of over 12 million patients.
